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What indigenous people live within western Woodlands

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What indigenous people live within western Woodlands

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The Eastern Woodlands is one of six cultural areas of Indigenous peoples in Canada. The region stretches from the northeastern coast of present-day United States and the Maritimes to west of the Great Lakes. The Eastern Woodlands includes, among others, the Haudenosaunee, Mi’kmaq, Ojibwa and Wendat (Huron) peoples. Some of these were the Chinook, Tillamook, Coast Salish, and the Tlingit.

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What constituted traditional housing for the nations in Western Woodlands 

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What constituted traditional housing for the nations in Western Woodlands 

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Indigenous peoples in Canada developed rich building traditions thousands of years before the arrival of the first Europeans. Each of the six broad cultural regions of Indigenous peoples in Canada, defined by common climatic, geographical and ecological characteristics — the Arctic, Subarctic, Northwest Coast, Plateau, Plains and Eastern Woodlands.

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First Nations traditional foods also referred to as country foods mainly consisted of animal and plant species that were harvested from the natural environment. They include foods such as wild meats, fish species, bird species, plants species, and berries.

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Men were responsible for all the hunting and fishing, and sometimes traveled great distances to catch food.

Women stayed near the house to look after the children. They tended to any crops, and collected food nuts, berries, and edible plants. Women prepared the animal skins and made all the clothing. They would also take down, carry and set up the family's wigwam.

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Political systems and structures of Western Woodlands region economic organizations 

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Political systems and structures of Western Woodlands region economic organizations 

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There were many similarities between the Eastern Woodland Indians who lived below the Great Lakes and their cousins who lived in the rocky forests of the Laurentian Shield north of the Lakes.The system of governance was the same, languages were similar if not always identical, and religious beliefs were somewhat alike. Nevertheless, the warmer climate and the more fertile soil in the southern latitudes allowed for advances in agriculture that wasn't possible in the higher latitude and that meant cultural changes.

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First Nation, Métis and Inuit religions in Canada vary widely and consist of complex social and cultural customs for addressing the sacred and the supernatural. The influence of Christianity, through settlers, missionaries and government policy, significantly altered life for Indigenous peoples.

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significant indigenous people of Western Woodlands 

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significant indigenous people of Western Woodlands 

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Canada, the term Indigenous peoples or Aboriginal peoples refers to First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples. These are the original inhabitants of the land that is now Canada. In the 2016, over 1.6 million people in Canada identified as Indigenous, making up 4.9 per cent of the national population. Though severely threatened and in certain cases extinguished  by colonial forces, Indigenous culture, language and social systems have shaped the development of Canada and continue to grow and thrive despite extreme adversity.

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Treaties that exist within Western Woodlands

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Treaties that exist within Western Woodlands

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Treaty 6 is the sixth of seven numbered treaties  that were signed by the Canadian Crown and various first nations between 1871 and 1877. It is one of a total of 11 numbered treaties signed between the Canadian Crown and First Nations. Specifically, Treaty 6 is an agreement between the Crown and the Plains and Woods.